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this is what we're seeing all over the city of st. louis. these young people who are 17 or 18 years old and they need 24 units of credit. they only have 22 or sometimes they only have 3 or 4. so the math doesn't work out. what we're trying to do is come up with what we call a competency based apreach. kids get credit when they show us that they know it. flexible paths for them to acquire credit. to show us proficiency. do they know what you need to know in order to go on to college? so that you can succeed in work in life. >> suarez: adam stelts er in, you didn't drop out but to hear you tell it, you might as well have. you were checked out even if your body was getting that seat time. >> yes, but i came close to not passing through the same time of seat time requirement in the state of california when i was there. i agree with both victor and stephanie that looking at the student and as opposed to a set of formulas is really the way to stem tide of kids not graduating. >> you heard the professor say it was one particular caring teacher who
this is what we're seeing all over the city of st. louis. these young people who are 17 or 18 years old and they need 24 units of credit. they only have 22 or sometimes they only have 3 or 4. so the math doesn't work out. what we're trying to do is come up with what we call a competency based apreach. kids get credit when they show us that they know it. flexible paths for them to acquire credit. to show us proficiency. do they know what you need to know in order to go on to college? so that you...
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it was the heaviest fighting the city has seen in two months. in iraq, some 80 inmates, including al qaeda militants, escaped from a prison. the jailbreak happened overnight in tikrit after several convicts seized weapons from a prison storeroom. they clashed with security guards for hours before overpowering them and breaking free. a dozen people were killed, including ten guards. iraqi officials said 36 of the inmates were later recaptured. police in minneapolis said the gunman in an office shooting yesterday had been fired hours before he killed four people and then himself. another of the shooting victims died in the hospital today. last evening, dozens of police and swat team officials swarmed a minneapolis neighborhood after a man opened fire at a sign- making business. the company's owner and a ups driver were among those killed. three other people were injured in the shootings. the u.s. postal service will miss its next payment to the treasury, due on sunday. the $5.6 billion will be its second default in as many months. postmaster gener
it was the heaviest fighting the city has seen in two months. in iraq, some 80 inmates, including al qaeda militants, escaped from a prison. the jailbreak happened overnight in tikrit after several convicts seized weapons from a prison storeroom. they clashed with security guards for hours before overpowering them and breaking free. a dozen people were killed, including ten guards. iraqi officials said 36 of the inmates were later recaptured. police in minneapolis said the gunman in an office...
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. >> reporter: the candidate new york city stop came as another poll. this one from the "washington post" found ohio swinging toward the obama column. no republican has won the white house without ohio. with that in mind, romney and running mate paul ryan began a bus tour through ohio this afternoon. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. supreme court upheld west virginia's congressional redistricting plan today. critics of the redistricting had argued that the populations within newly drawn districts were too far out of balance, but the supreme court reversed a lower court ruling and said the state legislatures was correct in trying to keep counties intact, keep incumbents from facing each other, and minimize shifts in population. the lower court may still consider challenges to the plan under the state constitution. in economic news, a key index showed home prices rose again in july-- another sign the housing market is on the road to recovery. and a separate index had consumer confidence rising in september. but it wasn't enough to help wall street, amid new worri
. >> reporter: the candidate new york city stop came as another poll. this one from the "washington post" found ohio swinging toward the obama column. no republican has won the white house without ohio. with that in mind, romney and running mate paul ryan began a bus tour through ohio this afternoon. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. supreme court upheld west virginia's congressional redistricting plan today. critics of the redistricting had argued that the populations within newly...
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a wave of bombings targeted shi- ite neighborhoods, from the northern city of kirkuk to the southern town of kut. the iraqi affiliate of al-qaeda claimed responsibility. iran has restored access to google's e-mail service, a week after the government blocked it. the initial action against g-mail was taken after an anti- islamic video appeared on google's video hosting site, youtube. but the loss of service drew complaints from users, including members of the iranian parliament. the people of greece got more grim news today: they're facing a sixth year of recession. a draft budget projected the greek economy will shrink again in 2013 by almost 4%. unemployment is set to rise another full point, to nearly 25%. meanwhile, euro-zone officials reported unemployment across the continent remained at a record high of 11.4% in august. . >> the figure is much higher than a year ago. it demonstrates the importance of putting in place effective reforms to reverse the trend in unemployment and in particular youth unemployment. it's clearly unacceptable that 25 million europeans are now out of wor
a wave of bombings targeted shi- ite neighborhoods, from the northern city of kirkuk to the southern town of kut. the iraqi affiliate of al-qaeda claimed responsibility. iran has restored access to google's e-mail service, a week after the government blocked it. the initial action against g-mail was taken after an anti- islamic video appeared on google's video hosting site, youtube. but the loss of service drew complaints from users, including members of the iranian parliament. the people of...
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the city had been a power center for al-shabab, the group that's fought somalia's internationally backed government for years. al-shabab is allied with al- qaeda, but the militants now have been driven out of all of somalia's major cities. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the men at the top of the presidential tickets hunkered down again today for debate preparation, ahead of the big meeting tomorrow night. but they also managed to break away briefly-- president obama for a visit to the hoover dam, and governor romney out with an aide to buy lunch, a burrito. meanwhile, their running mates made multiple stops in key states. vice president biden told a crowd in charlotte, north carolina that mitt romney would raise taxes on most americans to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. >> how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class has been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes with these tax cuts? look, folks, we've seen this movie before. massive tax cuts for the wealthy. eliminating restrictions on wal
the city had been a power center for al-shabab, the group that's fought somalia's internationally backed government for years. al-shabab is allied with al- qaeda, but the militants now have been driven out of all of somalia's major cities. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the men at the top of the presidential tickets hunkered down again today for debate preparation, ahead of the big meeting tomorrow night. but they also managed to break away...
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today real estate prices here are on par with places like new york city and san francisco. new residents are routinely paying more than $2,000 a month in rent. those prices were a problem for guglich, who needed to increase his staff dramatically this year in a state that ranks next to last in the country in teacher pay. >> we hired 14 new teachers and we were able to find housing for most of them, but we still have five teachers who don't have permanent housing. some are staying on couches, some are staying in homes that are in the process of being sold, so they are sleeping on air mattresses, kind of like squatting. >> reporter: one of those squatting teachers is melanie burroughs, who recently moved to williston from new mexico to teach seventh and eighth grade language arts. >> i am sleeping on an air mattress. it's a an elevated aero bed, but i think it's about seen it's use because i have to put air in it every day now it's about the mattress itself is four years old. >> reporter: the superintendent of williston public school district one viola lafontaine concedes the
today real estate prices here are on par with places like new york city and san francisco. new residents are routinely paying more than $2,000 a month in rent. those prices were a problem for guglich, who needed to increase his staff dramatically this year in a state that ranks next to last in the country in teacher pay. >> we hired 14 new teachers and we were able to find housing for most of them, but we still have five teachers who don't have permanent housing. some are staying on...
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. >> we have around 90,000 refugees in our camps and around 40,000 refugees in several cities. it is a humanitarian treasure. >> woodruff: from our american graduate series, ray suarez gets the teacher of the year's take on how to engage students and keep them from dropping out. ♪ >> ifill: and we remember the singer who made americans swoon. andy williams. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the trouble in greece today and in spain overnight brought the plight of europe's debt-ridden countries squarely back into the spotlight. street battles erupted in athens as nearly 70,000 people staged the largest demonstration since may of last year. we have a report from james mates of "independent television news." >> reporter: it's a sight that has become all too familiar in central at th
. >> we have around 90,000 refugees in our camps and around 40,000 refugees in several cities. it is a humanitarian treasure. >> woodruff: from our american graduate series, ray suarez gets the teacher of the year's take on how to engage students and keep them from dropping out. ♪ >> ifill: and we remember the singer who made americans swoon. andy williams. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with...
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city has recognized her with a special honor. we will talk with her tonight at 5:00. stay with us for that. meantime, it's a pretty day. >> gorgeous. l that fog this morning burned off. but changes are in the forecast, unfortunately. more clouds are wrong the way. take a look. have high clouds and mid- level clouds. moisture moving into our area, to it will take awhile saturate things to be able to squeeze out any raindrops. enjoy this what you can. 68 degrees at reagan national, 66 at dulles. to something on 50's out west. 58 in martinsburg, 54 in cumberland at this hour. this is the system up to our us a fewt brought showers yesterday. that moved out and we have high pressure. the rain showers are not very far away. sneaking into seven parts of virginia. rain in the deep south and in the tennessee valley. but it has been quiet in the tropics, but there's a swirl. that is a tropical storm nadine. today is 21 days ago that this had a name. that puts it in the top five lived tropical cyclones atlantic, progressive. our weather system is not impressive. sprinklest a cou
city has recognized her with a special honor. we will talk with her tonight at 5:00. stay with us for that. meantime, it's a pretty day. >> gorgeous. l that fog this morning burned off. but changes are in the forecast, unfortunately. more clouds are wrong the way. take a look. have high clouds and mid- level clouds. moisture moving into our area, to it will take awhile saturate things to be able to squeeze out any raindrops. enjoy this what you can. 68 degrees at reagan national, 66 at...
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is ranked the third &pwealthiest city in the country. reeels armed with explosives and guus attacked a syrian building... much like the penta. plast.state teeevision reports four guards were killedd.. 14 were hurt.the attackers reportedly usee two suicide car bomms in their assault on the military facility in damascus.the free syrian armm claimed responsibility forrthe attaak. libya's president terror ttacc against the u-s mmssion in benghazi.the president'' chief pokesperson says... the president considers the deadly attack against the u-s mission in bbnggazi a terrorst attack. attack.catherine herridge explains whyysenate republicans are demanding specifics of the security concerns leading up the the att. attack. in addition to already as terrorism... at the un today secretary of state phe suspected involvement o &pas aqimm clinton sayss "thh are orking witt other violenn extremisss to undermine the democratic transitions under pay in north africa, as we tragically saw in benghazi." fifteen ays afttr the attack on the us consulate, tte
is ranked the third &pwealthiest city in the country. reeels armed with explosives and guus attacked a syrian building... much like the penta. plast.state teeevision reports four guards were killedd.. 14 were hurt.the attackers reportedly usee two suicide car bomms in their assault on the military facility in damascus.the free syrian armm claimed responsibility forrthe attaak. libya's president terror ttacc against the u-s mmssion in benghazi.the president'' chief pokesperson says... the...
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g the sar >> details of the new virus related to the deadly infection. >> smoke at an ocean city condo building. how long it took to contain the >> an investigation is underway into what sparked mass of flames and ocean city condo last night. to increase more than six hours to get everything under control. the bradley on the bay condos -- of flames were shooting at 50 feet into the air and the area was covered in thick black smoke. they did not have to perform any rescue's but the red cross is helping six families who lived there. the theater that drew a rowdy and violent crowd over the weekend will learn next month whether it will lose its liquor license. the baltimore county liquor board scheduled a hearing for october 29 for the theater following last weekend's madness. seven people were charged in incidents related to the event and police believe the shooting hours later may have been connected. the theater owner was blamed for using an outside promoter and things got out of control. a nickel examiners are conducting an autopsy on a man found -- medical examiners are conducting an
g the sar >> details of the new virus related to the deadly infection. >> smoke at an ocean city condo building. how long it took to contain the >> an investigation is underway into what sparked mass of flames and ocean city condo last night. to increase more than six hours to get everything under control. the bradley on the bay condos -- of flames were shooting at 50 feet into the air and the area was covered in thick black smoke. they did not have to perform any rescue's but...
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the game, my ears stephanie rawlings-blake will present center fielder adam jones with the key to the city -- we want to send a congratulation out to capture mat weeder. he and his wife welcome their first child into the world. he was born early this morning. >> yesterday at this time we were talking about how the chance of rain would affect the football game. tonight we are talking about a chance of maybe rain during the baseball game, right? here is what is happening right now on the radar. one batch that we had overnight is on its way out. west virginia, kentucky, a new area is coming its way. the trajectory is going to be a little southerly. we are not a prime target. we will probably be on the north edge. for the game tonight, the forecast, as the game starts a little after 7:00, it will be in the low 70's and there will be a lot of clouds and maybe a brief shower. it is a big navy. by the time we finish the game, 10:00 or 11:00, we think the rain shower chance will probably be a little higher toward the end of the game but still not a guarantee and temperatures will drop to the upper
the game, my ears stephanie rawlings-blake will present center fielder adam jones with the key to the city -- we want to send a congratulation out to capture mat weeder. he and his wife welcome their first child into the world. he was born early this morning. >> yesterday at this time we were talking about how the chance of rain would affect the football game. tonight we are talking about a chance of maybe rain during the baseball game, right? here is what is happening right now on the...
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it's all about excitement for the city. >> i think it's fun. it's kind of -- it gives more energy to the city to everything, you know, people on the street. we don't live here. we're out amongst the people a lot. it's a great topic. it gets people excited. >> everybody in baltimore has two teams tied at the top of their division. >> there's a lot to be excited. game mi has been try -- jamie has been trying to break it all down. all you have to do is head to abc2news.com/orioles and you'll get the very latest. >> shifting gears tonight, a teacher in anne arundel county was checking a first grader's homework when she found marijuana in east poamplet the -- east port. >> looks like some of it was in the child's binder. it doesn't say how it was packaged or anything like that and some of this was in the bottom of the book bag. >> right away detectives turn to the child's mother to see if -- what could lead to that. she is how being held at the anne arundel detention center with bond being set at $500. >>> people who lived in an odenton apartment co
it's all about excitement for the city. >> i think it's fun. it's kind of -- it gives more energy to the city to everything, you know, people on the street. we don't live here. we're out amongst the people a lot. it's a great topic. it gets people excited. >> everybody in baltimore has two teams tied at the top of their division. >> there's a lot to be excited. game mi has been try -- jamie has been trying to break it all down. all you have to do is head to...
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find out which city made the list of america's sharpest cities. >> and a look ahead at the to close outpared the regular season and home. one more game today. the team is the nationals will end the .egular season at home today >> the champions will close out philliess against the to wait toey have out who they will play in the first round of the playoffs. teddy roosevelt will more shot. he seems to have trouble every time it tries to block out the competition. attend -- the fans attending this afternoon's game pin even if a teddy they don't win today. the birds, made the playoffs for since 1987, still behind the new york yankees. they beat the red sox last night. can force a one-game tiebreaker. that is if they win tonight and beat the yankees. we hope all falls into place d.c.baltimore and >> let's check and wood jacqui jeras on the weather. >> dense fog advisory is in across maryland and extreme northern virginia. even though we don't have an advisory in the metro, it is foggy withy visibility at a half mile at national and a third of a mile at dulles. warm temperatures. 70 in d.c., 64 at
find out which city made the list of america's sharpest cities. >> and a look ahead at the to close outpared the regular season and home. one more game today. the team is the nationals will end the .egular season at home today >> the champions will close out philliess against the to wait toey have out who they will play in the first round of the playoffs. teddy roosevelt will more shot. he seems to have trouble every time it tries to block out the competition. attend -- the fans...
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this as rebels launched a massive attack on the countries largest city, aleppo. syrian troops bombed the town just four miles from the turkish border and at least 12 people were killed, including five children. so far there is no end in sight to the war that killed more than 30,000 people in the last 18 months. baltimore city police are looking for two suspects in connection with a weekend homicide. a 28-year-old man was shot and it had just after 3:00 sunday morning. he was taken to johns hopkins hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. police believe that an argument broke out between the victim and two suspects, leading to the shooting could the suspects took wagonn a gray station min with tinted windows. baltimore county police arrest a suspect in connection with the shooting friday night. rickey freeman faces attempted first-degree murder charges for that shooting. he is being held without bail. police say there is no update on the victim's condition. if fire investigation in baltimore county as flames sparked arounthis morning at bea ave. one firefight
this as rebels launched a massive attack on the countries largest city, aleppo. syrian troops bombed the town just four miles from the turkish border and at least 12 people were killed, including five children. so far there is no end in sight to the war that killed more than 30,000 people in the last 18 months. baltimore city police are looking for two suspects in connection with a weekend homicide. a 28-year-old man was shot and it had just after 3:00 sunday morning. he was taken to johns...
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she made her big move to new york city. her family paid up to $900 to move her stuff but the movers wanted more even though she had a binding contract. joce sterman is working for you. this is something is that folks shouldn't have to deal with in addition to the stress of moving. >> reporter: there are laws to protect you when you move. they vary from state to state. if you don't know your rights, are a giving movers a chance to take you for a ride. 25-year-old lauren richardson's move to new york city had a rocky start eye was determined to move in, get settled and have a life. >> reporter: lauren said she had nothing for the first two months because she claims her maryland mover paid her stuff hostage we they added fees. lauren knew her rights and the law and that's what eventually helped her get her stuff back after months of hounding the company but many people go into their moves without the information they need. >> you want to trust the company. >> reporter: but the maryland motor truck association said trust with m
she made her big move to new york city. her family paid up to $900 to move her stuff but the movers wanted more even though she had a binding contract. joce sterman is working for you. this is something is that folks shouldn't have to deal with in addition to the stress of moving. >> reporter: there are laws to protect you when you move. they vary from state to state. if you don't know your rights, are a giving movers a chance to take you for a ride. 25-year-old lauren richardson's move...